[bdefore]

Why is there a belief that the provider of content should also be the source of quality recommendations? I also see this disappointment with for example Steam and gaming. Or Spotify and music.

But the days of walking into department stores and purchasing things based on a service rep's recommendations are behind us. We understand stores are incentivized to sell you the item most profitable to them. The Internet has a vast amount of places to inform your decisions independent of parties acting against your interests.

Netflix is a gigantic warehouse of a lifetime of content. Some bad, some good. If you select something poorly, perhaps you're better served honing a better selection criteria.

[tyingq]

>Why is there a belief that the provider of content should also be the source of quality recommendations?

I suppose because they should be able to do this well. They know what I have watched, what I bailed out early on, terms I search for and which results I looked at, and so on. And no shortage of tech talent to do the right thing with all of that.